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Monday, September 17, 2012

Teamster Nation: Kochs spend $4M on Prop 32

Teamster Nation: Kochs spend $4M on Prop 32:


Kochs spend $4M on Prop 32

If California's Prop 32 is supposed to take money out of politics, why are the Koch brothers supporting it? They're the poster boys for the corporate takeover of our democracy.

Short answer: Prop 32 is about taking union money out of politics. That's why they call it the "Billionaires' Bill of Rights."

Here are the deets: The LA Times reported,
A group with ties to the conservative billionaire Koch brothers has dropped $4 million to pass a ballot measure that would severely limit the political activity of labor unions. 
The new committee has just one donation -- $4 million from